Jacqueline Avant, Wife of Music Executive Clarence Avant, Killed in Shooting

Jacqueline Avant, Wife of Music Executive Clarence Avant, Killed in Shooting
Jacqueline Avant (L) and Clarence Avant appear at the 11th Annual AAFCA Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2020. Mark Von Holden Invision/AP
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Jacqueline Avant, a Los Angeles philanthropist and the wife of music executive Clarence Avant, was fatally shot at their home in Beverly Hills, California, early Wednesday, police said.

Police and paramedics arrived at the home after a 2:23 a.m. call to find Jacqueline Avant, 81, with a gunshot wound, Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said at an afternoon news conference. She was taken to a hospital, but did not survive.